Meet Dr David Nguyen,
Adelaide's GP in Glenelg.

I grew up in Adelaide and completed all of my schooling and medical training here. I graduated with an MBBS from the University of Adelaide before undertaking hospital training across metropolitan Adelaide, including at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Lyell McEwin Hospital and Modbury Hospital across orthopaedics, gastroenterology, rehabilitation, paediatrics, obstetrics, gynaecology, and emergency medicine.

I then completed specialist GP training across metropolitan and rural clinics in South and Western Australia, which has given me a breadth of experience that shapes how I approach care today. I completed my fellowship as a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP).

The reason I chose general practice, rather than other specialties, comes down to something I kept observing during my training. Most of what I was treating had been developing quietly for decades: bones that had never been assessed, blood pressure elevated for years without anyone raising it, metabolic problems that had been silently building long before causing real harm.

Chronic disease accounts for nine in ten preventable deaths in Australia. The WHO estimates at least 80% of premature heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes could be prevented. Those aren't abstract figures. They describe the patients I cared for in those years, and presentations that earlier involvement from a GP, addressing things before they became emergencies, could have changed. My particular interests in preventive health, lifestyle medicine, chronic disease management, mental wellbeing, and weight management reflect that directly. But the approach runs through every consultation.